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Editors note - updated 24/6/13 for current info

This week we are featuring Kate Edwards from Brisbane Australia as our Geek Girl Blogger!

Please read her survey/profile below….

Name: Kate Edwards

Screen Name’s: Kate Edwards; Conjure

Personal Blog: http://www.cheesewineandmystery.wordpress.com/

Social Networks:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KateEdwards

Myspace - https://myspace.com/KateEdwards

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/KateEdwards/

Twitter - http://twitter.com/KateEdwards

Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/KateEdwards

Robin Good recently shared his story at a Girl Geek Dinner in Athens -

How did I start with my professional web publishing career? What was I doing before? How did I get to name myself Robin Good from Sharewood? What do I see in the future of those wanting to find a way to leverage the Internet to do and live off what they are really passionate about?

If you want to find out a bit more about my story as an online independent publisher, how I started and how converted my total resistance to advertising into a win-win partnership, my unrehearsed performance / presentation at the 6th Girls Geek Dinner in Athens, Greece, this past weekend, is definitely a good opportunity to know a bit more about how it all came to be.

Here's the entire video (29 mins) with a full English text transcription: – MasterNewMedia

I have watched the video and it was very interesting and really enjoyable!! I highly recommend taking the time to either read through the transcript or watch the video… he is quite funny so the video is more recommended.

You can read the transcript or watch the video at www.masternewmedia.org/the-story-of-robin-good-at-the-girls-geek-dinner-6-in-athens-greece/

aManda

I’ve got lots of interesting things to share today.

If you like medieval siege equipment then this YouTube video of Mongo the Trebuchet will fascinate you and if you don’t have any particular interest than perhaps just the sight of a flaming fireball being hurled through the air might. Link thanks to Geeks are Sexy.

Another “heads up” from the Sexy Geeks (pun intended) concerns Terry Pratchett and some fancy hi tech science helping him fight Alzheimers.

A Drupal group meetup is on in Brisbane next week – I’m going.

Two new OneNote blogs – from guys in the Microsoft One Note team – John Guin writes on One Note Testing and Jeff Cardon on OneNote Tips & Tricks

Hard Drive Not Found and Data Recovery with Windows Home Server another great story on why to have a Windows Home Server. We are setting up our second one now.

Windows 7. There’s been lots of build up and very little hype. The beta is out and being installed by large numbers of people. I have mine downloaded but haven’t had time to set up a test machine for it yet.

Here are some reviews blogs and other items.

Julie is our GGB for this week – hope you enjoy her survey!

Name: Julie Delaforce
Screen Name: joolliee
Personal Blog: http://freshchat.com.au (work)
Social Networks: Facebook (private), Plurk (private),
Flickr, Twitter, LinkedIn, Qik, Profilactic, Last.fm.
Current Employment: Online & Communities Executive at Network Communications
Location/country: Sydney, Australia

What is your reason/motivation for blogging?

My motivation for blogging is to educate myself and others. When I come across a topic that piques my interest I delve further and turn it into a blog post. If it’s something that interests me amongst the hundreds of feeds I read daily, then it’s likely to interest others too. I blog to share ideas and hopefully put a different perspective out there in the blogosphere.